Pakistani refugees get private aid

Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

A private donation of wheat is unloaded at the Sheik Yaseen refugee camp in Mardan. Officials don't know when it will be safe for civilians to return to the Swat Valley, where much of the infrastructure has been decimated.

A private donation of wheat is unloaded at the Sheik Yaseen refugee camp in Mardan. Officials don't know when it will be safe for civilians to return to the Swat Valley, where much of the infrastructure has been decimated. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A private donation of wheat is unloaded at the Sheik Yaseen refugee camp in Mardan. Officials don't know when it will be safe for civilians to return to the Swat Valley, where much of the infrastructure has been decimated.